December is here and with it comes the final countdown to Christmas. This generally fills me with minor panic thinking of all the decorating, cooking and shopping that must be completed in 24 short days. If you are anything like me, I hope I can help with giving you a series of ideas and tips [...]

Every spring my dad would head out into the yard to prep his garden plot for new plantings. Our yard and garden was a point of pride and a great hobby for my father. My mother loved her flower beds but the vegetable garden and lawn were dad’s territory. He would spend endless hours tilling, [...]